Yes, she's blind. But she thanks you for not making a big deal of it!
"That'd be nice, but I think maybe I should figure my way around this place a little better before I start looking." You know, so she doesn't accidentally kill herself. Logic!
And as far as rooms are concerned... "Do you know if there are any empty apartments on this floor? I...kinda want to stick as close to the ground as I can."
He doesn't say anything, but he does move aside into a doorway to let her pass. What he doesn't think of is that being a large, bulky guy wordlessly looming in the hallway is not the most reassuring thing ever.
It's hard to tell what he's doing there; the room he'd found with Simon earlier was two floors up from there.
Maybe it was because he hadn't gotten used to the idea of his own place again yet. He'd been on the streets for a few months when he'd been picked up and it'd almost become a protective barrier; alienate yourself from society so it couldn't hurt you again.
Almost.
So he's sitting in the hallway, not doing much of anything but shaking a little and muttering every few moments.
Out of 103 comes a girl who moves - well, like she's not used to being as heavy as she is, even if that's not the heaviest in the world.
She's also someone used to people around her being variably disabled or different, so there's no reason to blink twice at a blind girl, except to say, idly:
Toph's first instincts are to say no, but then she remembers the advice of a nice old man on a mountain who said that it was okay to need help sometimes.
"Could you tell me where the empty rooms on this floor are?" she asks. "I think I got turned around somewhere."
"On this floor I think you're outta luck," Mel says. She leans against the wall casually, thinking, before suddenly saying, "oh no, hang on," and striding further down, past the kid, towards the upper numbers.
Pausing outside 111, she knocks sharply at the door, listening hard for movements, then trying the door, which rattles but sticks.
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"Hi there," says a voice, from not that much farther above Toph. Irene is small for her age. "Looking for something?"
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"A vacant room, my friends and an easier way to navigate this place," she says, stopping for the time being. "Not neccesarily in that order."
She looks up and grins in Irene's general direction.
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Pretty eye color, though. What there is of color.
"Maybe I can help you find your friends. I helped some guy find his mom the other day," Irene offers. "And rooms are easy."
She smiles, because that sort of thing comes across in words. Even people who can't see must appreciate a smile.
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"That'd be nice, but I think maybe I should figure my way around this place a little better before I start looking." You know, so she doesn't accidentally kill herself. Logic!
And as far as rooms are concerned... "Do you know if there are any empty apartments on this floor? I...kinda want to stick as close to the ground as I can."
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He doesn't say anything, but he does move aside into a doorway to let her pass. What he doesn't think of is that being a large, bulky guy wordlessly looming in the hallway is not the most reassuring thing ever.
He doesn't think like that.
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"Okay, who's there?" she asks.
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She isn't walking quite like a girl who can't detect anything around her, and it is rather dim in the hallway.
"You come here by way of the Farm?"
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Can't detect as well as she's used to, but she's managing thank you. And lighting doesn't really make a difference.
"Nope; from a campsite. What's the farm?"
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He's leaning against the wall.
It's hard to tell what he's doing there; the room he'd found with Simon earlier was two floors up from there.
Maybe it was because he hadn't gotten used to the idea of his own place again yet. He'd been on the streets for a few months when he'd been picked up and it'd almost become a protective barrier; alienate yourself from society so it couldn't hurt you again.
Almost.
So he's sitting in the hallway, not doing much of anything but shaking a little and muttering every few moments.
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"You okay over there?"
She debates moving over to the other side of the hallway to avoid a potentially crazy person.
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She's also someone used to people around her being variably disabled or different, so there's no reason to blink twice at a blind girl, except to say, idly:
"Hey, kid. Need a hand, there?"
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"Could you tell me where the empty rooms on this floor are?" she asks. "I think I got turned around somewhere."
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Pausing outside 111, she knocks sharply at the door, listening hard for movements, then trying the door, which rattles but sticks.
"Com'ere, kid, this one's empty, I think."
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Toph stops where she felt the vibrations of Mel's footsteps stop, and where she can vaguely her silohuette by the door. "You're sure?"
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